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From the main Ste Foy to Montpon road you see St Méard sitting on
top of a small hill surrounded by fields. Off to the left, in the
direction of La Citadelle and Villefranche-de-Lonchat, it is heavily
wooded. By now you are also into the wine producing area which increases
in concentration as you approach St Emilion, where almost every square
metre supports vines. |
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Like most villages, St Méard has a pretty stone church. Although
the church and its surrounding are immaculately kept, the church shares
its priest with three other local churches, so mass is only held here one
Sunday in four. |
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There are many villages of this sort of size, but St Méard is
unusual in having several shops, including a post office, a petrol
filling-station and two boulangeries. It seems a prosperous little place,
and has an equestrian centre. Our local administration is run from the
mairie, an unlovely modern building at the cross-roads, opposite a
restaurant. The picture is from the small mediaeval covered market area in
front of the church. |
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